MAYER MIZRACHI, the would be political asylum seeker, will be facing additional criminal investigation on  Monday September 12.

He will be questioned  by Seventh Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Janeth Rovetto on charges of money laundering, a new case being brought against the businessman who on his return to Panama boasted he was free to walk the streets.

Mizrachi was detained in Colombia this week, after his pleas for asylum were rejected  and brought to Panama to face charges related to irregularities in a contract his business received from the Government Innovation Authority for encryption technology.

He was released on $100,000 bond at a hearing Thursday August 8. He was also ordered not to leave the country.

The new charges are related to the movement of money linked to that contract.